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cylch

Pronunciation: /kɨ̞lχ/

“cylch” is a Welsh word. Its 19 meanings in English:

noun

  1. compass, scope, range
  2. circumference
  3. environs, surroundings, precincts
  4. zone
  5. zone, belt
  6. chaplet, diadem
  7. barrel-hoop; rim of wheel
  8. hoop of petticoat
  9. child's hoop
  10. circle; space enclosed within it
  11. social circle; set of people, etc., class
  12. period, cycle
  13. halo
  14. journey round about a field (in mowing, ploughing, etc.)
  15. course, order, turn (in order of succession), rota; rotation (especially of crops); round of 'penillion' singing
  16. later this system of free quartering was replaced by food dued which were further commuted into tributes and money payments
  17. judicial circuit
  18. district through which a judge makes his circuit
  19. group, guild, society

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kylch, from Proto-Brythonic *kɨlx. Cognate with Breton kelc'h and Welsh kylgh.

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